IMPACT OF INDUSTRY 4.0 ON EMPLOYEES IN INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISES - INSIGHTS FROM THAI NGUYEN PROVINCE, VIET NAM

Thai Nguyen is a Northern midland and mountainous province in Vietnam, with 24.37% of Industrial enterprises makes significant contribution to developing the socio-economic in Vietnam. Industry 4.0 has both positive and negative impacts on employees in Thai Nguyen Industrial enterprises. This paper examines the impacts of Industry 4.0 on employees in Industry enterprises by using secondary data during time period 2013 – 2020. The results show that in the Industrial Revolution 4.0, labors in Thai Nguyen’s Industrial enterprises has many new job opportunities, the chance improving their qualifications, skills and inproving labor productivity. But, the labors had many challenges such as increasing in inequality between groups of labors at different levels; creating a favorable business environment, ensuring the harmony of interests for service business models, traditional service,...